Title GOV — California Gov. Code

This chapter may be cited as the California Community Services Block Grant Program.

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide authorization for the Governor of the State of California to assume responsibility for the Community Services Block Grant (Subtitle B, Title VI, Public Law 97-35, as amended), and to further provide for the state to implement this blo…

All activities of the California Community Services Block Grant Program eligible entities shall have the following basic and specific purposes: (a) The basic purpose of this chapter is to stimulate an effective concentration of all available local, state, private, and federal res…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this chapter shall supersede and prevail over any provisions of law relating to or in any way dealing with the subject matter of this chapter or federal economic opportunity programs which were repealed by federal Publ…

If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Community Services Block Grant” refers to the federal funds and program established by the federal Community Services Block Grant Program in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, as contained in Publ…

(a) The Governor shall submit an application containing the assurances and certification required under Section 12736 to the secretary in any form the secretary may require pursuant to Section 9908 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended. (b) Since under the terms of Se…

For the purposes of Section 12735, the application shall contain assurance and certification that the state shall comply with all of the items listed below. The application shall include information as to how each assurance will be carried out. (a) Conduct legislative hearings on…

In addition to the general powers vested in the Department of Community Services and Development by Section 12087, the department may promulgate regulations, make grants, and enter into contracts as necessary and appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter.

The department shall prepare a state plan for the California Community Services Block Grant Program, as required by the secretary, which shall include all of the following: (a) A statement of goals and objectives. (b) Information on the types of activities to be supported, geogra…

The state’s planning process shall include the following: (a) The state plan shall identify eligible activities and the eligible entities that will conduct those activities in order to meet the general goals of the California Community Services Block Grant Program and the specifi…

The current state plan may be amended by the department at any time during the program year, provided that any proposed amendments, together with the reasons therefor, are distributed to all eligible entities and state legislators for a 30-day comment period commencing at least 4…

(a) Eligible activities for which financial assistance may be obtained pursuant to this chapter shall be designed to have a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem.…

(a) Community action plans shall be developed by eligible entities as required by the secretary and the director using processes that assess poverty-related needs, available resources, and feasible goals and strategies, and that yield program priorities consistent with standards …

(a) A community action agency shall be a public or private nonprofit agency that fulfills all of the following requirements: (1) Has been designated by the director to operate a community action program. (2) Has a tripartite board structure meeting the requirements of Section 127…

(a) No new community action agency may be designated by the director for a political subdivision that is served by an existing community action agency unless any of the following exist: (1) The political subdivision is informed in writing by the director that the existing communi…

For purposes of serving any area of the state in which community action programs cease to be provided, the director shall designate an organization in accordance with Section 9909 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended, and through a process that shall include all of t…

Each community action agency shall have a board of directors conforming to the following requirements: (a) One-third of the members of the board are elected public officials, currently holding office, or their representatives, except that if the number of elected officials reason…

The powers of the tripartite governing board of the nonprofit community action agency shall include the power to appoint the executive director, to determine major personnel, fiscal, and program policies, to approve overall program plans and priorities, and to assure compliance w…

(a) If a political subdivision or local government is designated as a community action agency, it shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a tripartite advisory or administering board to provide input to the political subdivision or local government regarding the activities o…

(a) Each community action agency shall adopt procedures to provide a continuing and effective mechanism for securing broad community involvement in programs assisted under this act and for ensuring that all groups or elements represented on the tripartite board have a full and fa…

In exercising its powers and carrying out its overall responsibility for a community action program, a community action agency shall have, subject to the purposes of this chapter, at least the following functions: (a) Planning systematically for and evaluating the program, includ…

Every community action agency has a fundamental responsibility to encourage, assist, and strengthen the ability of the poor in the areas served by the community action agency to play major roles in the organization; program planning; goal setting; determination of priorities; dec…

Where a community action agency places responsibility for major policy determinations with respect to the character, funding, extent, and administration of and budgeting for programs to be carried on in a particular geographic area within the community in a subsidiary board, coun…

(a) All Community Services Block Grant funds made available by Congress shall be used by the state, together with any state funds as may from time-to-time be appropriated for this program, and any funds as may be transferred to this program from other federal block grants, in acc…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Agency” means a community action agency, limited purpose agency, or other organization that qualifies as an eligible entity pursuant to this chapter and that receives financial assistance …

Subject to Section 12788, community action agencies funded under this article shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded under Articles 7 (commencing with Section 12765) and 8 (commencing with Section 12770) that serve any part of their commun…

A community action agency or eligible entity shall not use any funds received under this article to replace discontinued state or local funding.

Consistent with Section 1090, no Member of the Legislature, or any state, county, district, judicial district, or city officer or employee who also serves on a tripartite board shall vote on a contract or other matter before a tripartite board, that would have a direct bearing on…

The purpose of this article is to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families to achieve a greater degree of self-sufficiency within or outside the agricultural industry, or both, including, but not limited to: skills training and increasing employment stability; e…

Subject to Section 12788, programs assisted under this article may include projects or activities to do any of the following: (a) Meet the immediate needs of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families, such as daycare for children and elderly persons, education, health s…

Migrant and seasonal farmworker entities funded by the department shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded by the department to avoid duplication of services and to maximize services for all eligible beneficiaries.

(a) The purpose of this article is to set aside funds for assisting American Indians and Alaskan Natives residing in off-reservation and reservation areas of this state to achieve a greater degree of self-sufficiency through the principles of community self-help. (b) Allocation o…

These set-aside funds shall be used to implement programs consistent with the purposes of this chapter and as are permissible under Section 12745 with specific focus on the special needs of American Indians and Alaskan Natives and their families.

American Indian entities funded by the department shall be limited to tribes and other Indian organizations in urban or rural off-reservation areas who demonstrate community governance, such as Indian nonprofit organizations, who meet the criteria of eligible entity, as defined i…

American Indian entities funded by the department and operating under authority of this chapter in the prior program year shall have the same protections against defunding, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 12736.

(a) “Limited purpose agency” means a private nonprofit organization or public agency which in federal fiscal year 1981 received direct funding under Section 221 or 222 of the federal Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 from Region IX of the Community Services Administration, and has…

Limited purpose agencies funded under this article shall coordinate their plans and activities with other eligible entities funded by the department to avoid duplication of services and to maximize services for all eligible beneficiaries.

The powers and responsibilities of the department as the state administering agency for the California Community Services Block Grant Program are those necessary to do all of the following: (a) Ensure that all applicable federal requirements of Subtitle B of Title VI of Public La…

The department shall have the following powers and duties: (a) Development of an orderly grant application process culminating in a prescribed contract. (b) Ensuring that eligible entities will have a timely cashflow within the guidelines of the federal Cash Management Improvemen…

(a) If diminished federal appropriations for the Community Services Block Grant result in California’s share for any fiscal year being reduced by any amount up to 3.5 percent below the amount of the federal appropriation from the prior year, the director shall use the discretiona…

The state shall set aside up to 5 percent of the total Community Services Block Grant for discretionary use for special projects, training, technical assistance, and special support programs. Entities eligible to receive these discretionary funds shall include, but not be limited…

Except as provided in Section 12788, this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit an eligible entity under Article 6 (commencing with Section 12750), Article 7 (commencing with Section 12765), or Article 8 (commencing with Section 12770), from applying for state discretionary …

(a) On and after January 1, 2020, any housing funded pursuant to this chapter shall not be rented, sold, or subleased to an agricultural employer, as defined in Section 1140.4 of the Labor Code, or its agent, or a farm labor contractor, as defined in Section 1682 of the Labor Cod…

This chapter shall remain in effect until the Director of Finance finds that federal Community Services Block Grant funding to the state has been terminated without provision for another program to replace Community Services Block Grant funding and files a report of that finding …

The board of supervisors may join and participate in the affairs of associations having for their purpose the interchange of information relating to livestock, poultry, and other agricultural animals and products, the conduct and management of agricultural fairs, and similar asso…

The board of supervisors may erect and maintain permanent county fair buildings within the county on lands owned by the county or any municipal corporation or body politic.

If any real property which was acquired or used for fair purposes and which was purchased or improved in whole or in part from funds apportioned or allocated to the county for fair purposes by the state is sold by any county, there shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund …

With the approval of the Department of Food and Agriculture and the State Public Works Board, the amount paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 25902 shall be available for expenditure by the county for permanent improvements for fair purposes on the property …

(a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, and spend the proceeds to encourage immigration, increase trade in the products of the state and of the county, and promot…